18 years-old Alexandra Mills wins Miss World 2010; Emma Wareus of Botswana is first runner up
Miss-World-2010-winners-USA-alexandra-mills-winner-2010 18 years-old Alexandra Mills wins Miss World 2010; Emma Wareus of Botswana is first runner up. Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston The More...
Kenya’s Foreign Minister Wetangula resigns amid corruption charges
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I Give Myself Away. live gospel song by William McDowell
I Give Myself Away. This outstanding and uplifting performance and live event footage of the gospel song “I give myself away” by William McDowell is one of my top favorite songs. He reminds me More...
Sunny Ogbu, PDP federal house aspirant, KILLED after a campaign and masquerade festival in Imo State
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NPR’s firing of Juan Williams exposes muddled logic
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7 Dead at Kenyan Soccer Match following stampede
7 Dead At Kenyan Soccer Match following stampede Special to USAfricaonline.com Seven soccer fans were killed in Kenya when crowds scrambled to enter a stadium in the capital to watch two of Kenya’s most More...
Guinea’s presidential election run-off on Sunday cancelled
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Another Nigerian local government official killed….
Another Nigerian government official killed…. Special to USAfrica multimedia networks www.USAfricaonline.com The Nigerian police commissioner in charge of Bauchi State Danlami Yar’Adua has said today Saturday, More...
On gay, bullying and media: I Think, Therefore I Am Not. By Raynard Jackson
raynard.jackson.usafricaonline.columnist On being gay, bullying and media: I Think, Therefore I Am Not By Raynard Jackson Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine October 21, 2010: Am I the only one More...
Muslim sect shoots police Inspector to death in Nigeria
BrkNews: Muslim sect shoots police Inspector to death in Nigeria Special to USAfricaonline.com Members of a Muslim sect blamed for recent violence across northern Nigeria apparently have shot dead another police More...
DR Congo former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba facing war crimes charges loses bid to end trial
jean-pierre-bemba.dr-congo2010 DR Congo former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba facing war crimes charges loses bid to end trial Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP. The Hague— Democratic Republic of Congo former More...
Police open fire on presidential candidate supporters in Conakry
Guinea-map-west-African-neighbors Police open fire on presidential candidate supporters in Conakry Guinea police opened fire on protesters Tuesday, injuring at least six backers of Cellou Dalein Diallo, a candidate More...
2nd bomb threat from MEND pushes Nigeria to beef up security at Abuja airport, NNPC…
abuja-oct1-2010-bombing-pix2bc-file-photo 2nd bomb threat from MEND pushes Nigeria to beef up security at Abuja airport, NNPC…. Special to USAfricaonline.com In a reasonable case of once bitten twice shy, More...
Beyond the $50,000 lies, USAfrica is endorsing Prof. Chris Ulasi for President of ASA-USA.
Beyond the $50,000 lies, here’s why USAfrica is endorsing Prof. CHRIS ULASI for President of ASA-USA. ———– By Dr. Chido Nwangwu, Founder of the first African-owned, U.S-based professional More...
Somalia president appoints U.S citizen as prime minister
(AFP) – Somalia’s President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed appointed a new prime minister, replacing the previous premier with whom he had differences and who resigned last month. “After consultation I have appointed More...
Killing of Houston cab driver Nigerian Uzoma Nwokenaka, 2 African-American suspects CONFESS n charged….
Killing of Houston cab driver Uzoma Nwokenaka, 2 African-American suspects CONFESS n charged….Special to USAfricaonline.com Two young African-American suspects, Danielle Hudson More...
$6.3 million: Princewill Njoku and Clifford Ubani plead guilty to defrauding Medicare in Houston.
$6.3 million: Princewill Njoku and Clifford Ubani plead guilty to defrauding Medicare in Houston. Special to USAfrica, Nigeria360@yahoogroups blog and USAfricaonline.com Princewill Njoku, 51, a Nigerian-American, More...
South Africa gets elected to U.N Security Council
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Prof. Fafunwa deserves gratitude of Nigerians not a presidential denunciation, says USAfrica Publisher Chido Nwangwu
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Talks over independence of southern Sudan, oil-rich Abyei region collapse
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Again, radical Islamists attack and burn police station in Nigeria
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Nigerian sprinter stripped of 100m gold for failing drug test
Nigerian sprinter stripped of 100m gold for failing drug test The jinx in women’s 100m at the ongoing Commonwealth Games continued. On Monday, gold medalist Osayemi Oludamola of Nigeria was provisionally suspended More...
On jailing of Cecilia Ibru, symbolism and corruption in Nigeria’s banks
On jailing of Cecilia Ibru, symbolism and corruption in Nigeria’s banks By Nkem Ekeopara Exclusive commentary for USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston On Friday, October 8, 2010, Mrs. Cecilia More...
Ghana’s ex-leader Rawlings named African Union envoy to war-torn Somalia.
Jerry-Rawlings-former.pres.Ghana Ghana’s ex-leader Rawlings named African Union envoy to war-torn Somalia. Special to USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP) – African Union chief Jean More...
Again in Nigeria: suspected Islamists kill outspoken cleric.
Nigeria in_africa-map Again in Nigeria: suspected Islamists kill outspoken cleric. (AFP) – Suspected radical Islamists on Saturday shot dead an outspoken cleric in the latest of a series of killings in More...
50 years of Nigeria: celebrating our interests with the U.S. By Chudi Okafor
chudi-okafor.consulgeneral-nigeria.atlanta.filepix-usafrica 50 years of Nigeria: celebrating our interests with the U.S. By Hon. CHUDI OKAFOR, the Consul General of the Federal Republic of More...
GUNNED to DEATH: Muslim sect members kill one of Nigeria’s political leaders
boko_haram_islamic-nigeria-militant GUNNED to DEATH: Muslim sect members gun down northern Nigeria political leader Ngala. USAfricaonline.com wt agency and police reports Nigeria Police commissioner Ibrahim Abudu More...
Why U.S President Obama must not reduce resources to Africa from the war on AIDS. By HE Festus Mogae
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HORROR: Sexual violence can destroy DR Congo, warns UN envoy
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Bombshell: Nigeria’s President Jonathan pressured MEND leader, allegedly, to withdraw group’s claim to Abuja bombing
Bombshell: Nigeria’s President Jonathan pressured MEND leader, allegedly, to withdraw group’s claim to Abuja October 1 bombing. Henry Okah tells Al Jazeera tv network that Nigeria’s close presidential More...
